Compliance
This section focuses on health care compliance and regulations – both national and state – including the ACA. It includes changes in health care law, regulation, and court decisions and their impact on health insurance professionals, employers, and individuals.
With COVID-19 surging and vaccinations off to a slow start, President-elect Joe Biden will rapidly release most available vaccine doses to protect more people, his office said Friday, a reversal of Trump administration policies. “The president-elect believes we must accelerate distribution of the vaccine while continuing to ensure the Americans who need it most get ...
Questions surrounding the deployment and quantity of available COVID-19 vaccine doses linger as inoculations continue, with vaccine reticence and concerns about dose availability dominating the conversation. For the current approved vaccines, two separate shots are required, and some European countries have opted to delay the administration of the second dose in a bid to cultivate ...
The American Hospital Association is urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to exercise enforcement discretion regarding hospital price transparency rules. “Hospitals’ ability to comply with the rule at this time is particularly challenged by an increase in the volume of COVID-19 patients and the need to distribute multiple vaccines,” Richard Pollack, AHA ...
Given the continuation of the pandemic, health insurers are steeling themselves for a possible bumpy ride. Industry analysts said they expect 2021 to be a volatile year for insurers, although nothing can compare to the dramatic peaks and valleys in profits publicly traded companies reported in the first half of 2020. Moody’s Investors Service forecasts ...
Telehealth use was highest for mental-health services as pandemic social-distancing guidelines accelerated the use of remote health-care services last spring, a new analysis shows — suggesting that “prospects for an expanded role for telehealth may be better for behavioral health care.” About 48% of people who were being treated for some condition when the pandemic ...
The Democrats’ new congressional majority puts a variety of health policy ideas suddenly into reach, even if big structural changes remain unlikely.
Let’s face it: like everything else COVID-19, many leaders, their team members and clients are a little sick of Zoom meetings. What started as a useful tool — with a little bit of novelty — has now become yet another reminder of the grind that is just one part of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Trump administration late Tuesday said it's accelerating a plan to begin offering coronavirus shots in pharmacies — a move that comes after federal officials faced fierce criticism for the slow pace of immunizations.
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) will continue to apply to some employees who seek treatment through telemedicine. Guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor in late December confirmed that its temporary policy will be extended for the foreseeable future. FMLA offers eligible employees the opportunity to take up to 12 weeks of protected unpaid leave ...
Congress has sent President Donald Trump a giant spending and coronavirus relief package, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA 2021) package, that includes a sweeping health insurance agent and broker compensation disclosure provision.